Pursuant to section 2 of the Counties Amendment Act 1931, the Minister of Internal Affairs hereby publishes the following special order made by the Waikato County Council.

Dated at Wellington this 2nd day of December 1954.

S. W. SMITH, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 103/24/54)

SPECIAL ORDER

THAT, pursuant to section 2 of the Counties Amendment Act 1931, the Waikato County Council hereby resolves, by way of special order, that sections 121 and 131 of the Counties Act 1920 shall not apply to the Council.

I hereby certify that the above special order has been duly made.

M. P. GOLDSBRO', County Clerk.

The Import Control Exemption Withdrawal Notice
(No. 3) 1954

Pursuant to regulation 15 of the Import Control Regulations 1938, the Minister of Customs hereby gives notice as follows:

1. (1) This notice may be cited as the Import Control Exemption Withdrawal Notice (No. 3) 1954.
   (2) This notice shall come into force on the 10th day of December 1954.
2. The exemption from the requirement of a licence under the said regulations in respect of the goods of the class set forth in the Schedule hereto included in the exempting notice shown in that Schedule is hereby withdrawn.

SCHEDULE

Tariff Item No.: Ex 200 (3). Class of Goods: Leather (viz., persians).
Date of Exempting Notice: 18 December 1950.

Dated at Wellington this 8th day of December 1954.
DEAN J. EYRE, Minister of Customs.

Land Surveyors' Examination, February 1955—Australia and New Zealand

It is hereby notified for general information that the Survey Board, in conjunction with the Australian Surveyors' Boards, will conduct an examination of candidates for registration as surveyors, commencing at 9 a.m. on Monday, 14 February 1955, at Wellington.
Candidates are notified that their applications, on the proper form, must reach the Secretary of the Board not later than Monday, 17 January 1955, and that the examination fee must be paid at the same time to the Secretary, from whom application forms and other particulars may be obtained.
Candidates presenting themselves for examination in any written subject or subjects may present themselves for examination at any Chief Surveyor's office, or at Rotorua.
Candidates for the oral and practical portion of the examination must sit in Wellington. Plans for this portion of the examination, the certificate, and other evidence required by regulation No. 31 of the Survey Examination Regulations 1943, must be forwarded not later than 31 January 1955.
The fees for examination are as follows:
£ s. d.
Full examination .... 5 5 0
Part examination .... 3 3 0
Each subsequent part of examination .... 2 2 0
For each written paper in addition .... 0 10 6

Dated this 7th day of December 1954.
R. C. AIREY, Secretary, Survey Board.
Government Buildings, Wellington.

Notice to Mariners No. 94 of 1954

NEW ZEALAND—SOUTH ISLAND—AKAROA HARBOUR AND APPROACHES

Information About Shoals, Rocks, and Buoyage

1. The following are to be inserted: bearing and distance from (A) Lucas Peak, 1248 Trig., 43° 52' 55" S., 172° 55' 30" E. (approx.) (S. centre of chart); (B) Akaroa Head Light (about 2·4 miles east of A):
   (a) A shoal sounding of 2 fathoms, 237° 2·05 miles from (A).
   (b) A rock, with less than 6 ft. of water over it, 239½° 2·05 miles from (A).
   (c) A rock, with less than 6 ft. of water over it, 248° 1·95 miles from (B).
   (d) A shoal sounding of 1½ fathoms, 245° 1·55 miles from (B).
   (e) An above-water rock, 077° 1·44 miles from (B).
   (b) and (e) are to be enclosed by danger lines extending northward to the shore.
   The 1¼ fathom shoal about 3 cables W.S.W. of (d) is non-existent, and is to be expunged. 'Wright Rk. (breaks in heavy seas)', is to be moved to refer to (d).
2. A red conical light-buoy, fl. 10 sec., is to be inserted in position 240° 7·4 cables from Akaroa front light (about 4·6 miles N.N.E. of (A) in (1). The buoy close N.E. has been withdrawn, and is to be expunged.
   Chart affected: 1575.
   Publications: New Zealand Pilot 1946, pp. 293 and 294.
   Authority: Admiralty.
   Wellington, N.Z., 1 December 1954.
   W. C. SMITH, Secretary for Marine.
   (M. 3/3/145)

The Standards Act 1941—Specifications Declared to be Standard Specifications

Notice is hereby given that on 25 November 1954, the undermentioned specifications were declared to be standard specifications by the Minister of Industries and Commerce pursuant to section 8 of the Standards Act 1941.
Number and Title of Specification Price of Copy (Post Free)
s. d.
N.Z.S.S. 201: Venetian red for paints; being B.S. 370:1952, superseding N.Z.S.S. 201; being B.S. 370:1938
N.Z.S.S. 289: Natural red oxides of iron for paints; being B.S. 272:1952, superseding N.Z.S.S. 289; being B.S. 272:1936, amended to meet New Zealand requirements
N.Z.S.S. 290: Manufactured red oxides of iron for paints, excluding Venetian red; being B.S. 305:1952, superseding N.Z.S.S. 290; being B.S. 305:1936, amended to meet New Zealand requirements

Application for copies should be made to the N.Z. Standards Institute, Hamilton Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay (P.O. Box 195), Wellington C. 1.

Dated at Wellington this 30th day of November 1954.
L. J. McDONALD,
Executive Officer, Standards Council.

The Standards Act 1941—Amendment of Standard Specification

Notice is hereby given that on 26 November 1954 the undermentioned standard specification was amended by the Minister of Industries and Commerce by incorporation of the amendment shown hereunder:

Number and Title of Specification: N.Z.S.S. 1152: Underground fire hydrants and dimensions of surface box openings; being B.S. 750:1950, amended to meet New Zealand requirements.
Amendment: No. 3 (Ref. No. PD 1650), 26 June 1953.
Price of Copy (Post Free): 2s.
Application for copies of the standard specification so amended should be made to the N.Z. Standards Institute, Hamilton Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay (P.O. Box 195), Wellington C. 1. Copies of the amendment will be supplied, free of charge, upon request.

Dated at Wellington this 1st day of December 1954.
L. J. McDONALD,
Executive Officer, Standards Council.

Notice to Mariners No. 93 of 1954

NEW ZEALAND—SOUTH ISLAND—COOK STRAIT

Brothers Island—Non-existence of Rock Westward

The rock about 1·2 miles 233° from Brothers Island Light, 41° 06' 15" S., 174° 26' 25" E. (approx.), and on chart 2054 '3 ft. at L.W.' shown against it are to be expunged.
Charts affected: 695, 1212, 1493, 2054, 2685, 3629, 3633, 3634.
Publications: New Zealand Pilot, 1946, page 268.
Authority: Admiralty.
Wellington, N.Z., 1 December 1954.
W. C. SMITH, Secretary for Marine.
(M. 6/2/18)